This morning my mom in law called and told me there was a segment on the Today show coming on about a child who recovered from autism. I turned it on in time to hear of a 13 year old boy whose story was identical to Sam's. He developed normally up until about 12-18 months then showed signs of regression. He was initially diagnosed as hearing impaired, then found to have normal hearing. Eventually he was diagnosed with high functioning autism. All of the therapies and services he received are the exact same that we are doing for Samantha. Now at 13 years old he is without an autism diagnosis and a fully functioning kid! While I understand that this is only one story out of thousands and thousands, it does give me hope. It reassures me that I am doing the right thing with the early intervention, speech, ABA etc. We can only pray to be so lucky when Sam is 13 years old. If she's not, it sure won't be for a lack of trying. I'm so glad to have been given the chance to see this.
We also, after hearing of good success from others, have taken Sam off of cow's milk. She is strictly on rice milk, water and juice. I have read many accounts and heard personally of two parents having great success with an improvement in their child's behavior once taken off the cow's milk. Even without cutting all dairy out it's shown to be good. So we are going to try it and see how it goes. Sam loves the rice milk, and to be honest...so do I!
Very interesting! It sure would be nice if the autism diagnosis could eventually disappear! I really hope it does. Know that as long as you do all that you can do for her, no matter what the outcome, it will equal success! Hope is such a big word. Just to know that there is hope is wonderful.
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